LEE COUNTY, Fla. -
A security guard at a Fort Myers Walmart was caught on video tackling a suspected shoplifter and holding her down.

That employee has since been fired for how he handled the situation.

Walmart confirmed the employee no longer works for the company - and the company spokesperson says it is regrettable that the situation was handled poorly.

They say associates are advised to disengage when an altercation becomes physical and let authorities handle it.

The incident was all caught on cell phone video by a witness in the parking lot of the Six Mile Cypress location on Friday.

Investigators say the man who worked for Walmart loss prevention, saw the woman along with another allegedly shoplifting.

That worker told investigators he tried to stop them and they took off running. That's when he tackled James.

"I just want him off me, he pushed me down," said James.

The worker tackled the woman and held her down on the ground. You can hear a witness yelling at him to get off of her - and you can also see other Walmart workers standing around watching the incident unfold.

The person recording can be heard saying: "Hey, whoever you are, you need to get her off, get off her I'm recording this, get off her."

The ordeal goes on for several minutes. After a couple minutes, James and the worker were separated and the witness was irate. The witness said: "You don't ever handle a woman like that buddy, this will be your job."

We tracked down the woman's aunt who said she's also angry about how the situation was handled.

"I was devastated when I saw the video. He was a man and the way he pushed her down on the curb ... Her head hit the curb. The way he just exposed her," said Karen Jackson.

Investigators say the security guard found nearly $200 dollars worth of stolen items on the woman, Tamara James, who was arrested for shoplifting.

Her family maintained on Tuesday that James was not the one stealing.

On Tuesday, the girlfriend of the former Walmart worker, Daniel Bresson, told us he is trying to get his job back.